New Tilburg

New Tilburg was a settlement of the United Provinces on the island of Borneo in present-day Indonesia, established in 1655. The settlement was founded at the time of the Dutch-Portuguese War, a period of hostility between the United Provinces and Portugal that saw colonial warfare on nearly every continent. New Tilburg would destroy the rival Portuguese colony of Nova Ciborro, and it became a part of Muara Teweh after Indonesia achieved independence.

History
New Tilburg was named for the Dutch city of Tilburg in Noord-Brabant, Holland, and it was founded in 1655 by immigrants from Amsterdam. The town was developed by Duke Block and the Dutch settlers, and it was initially just a residential colony, packed with houses. However, the Dutch later built three banks to generate income for the colony, and the Dutch would also build farms and a barracks to assist in the creation of a self-sustaining colony. The Dutch in New Tilburg would ally with nearby Sufis and Jesuits against Portugal's colony of Nova Ciborro during the Dutch-Portuguese War, and the Dutch were able to destroy the Portuguese settlement with ease. New Tilburg was developed into a fine colony over the centuries, and it has been incorporated into the present-day Indonesian city of Muara Teweh.